2006年VOA标准英语-Lebanese Troops Move South; Commercial Flight L

By VOA News
17 August 2006
 
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Lebanese troops are deploying³ in the southern part of the country in line with a U.N. ceasefire resolution on ending the monthlong war between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas. 

Lebanese troops cross the Litani River at the Khardali bridge, in the southern town of Marjayoun, Lebanon, Thursday, August 17, 2006

Soldiers in trucks, armored carriers and jeeps crossed the Litani River at several points early Thursday and began moving further south toward the Israeli border.

A contingent⁴ of troops and tanks moved into army barracks in Marjayoun, a mainly Christian⁵ town eight kilometers from the Israeli border. Israeli forces vacated the strategic area earlier this week.

Israel says it is handing control of some areas to UNIFIL, the United Nations team of military observers and monitors that has been based in the region for more than 25 years.

The U.N. Security Council, which called for the Israeli-Hezbollah ceasefire that began Monday, says Lebanon will deploy¹ 15,000 troops in the southern part of the country, and they will work together with an international peacekeeping force of the same size.

The Lebanese Cabinet has affirmed those plans, and France has agreed to lead the new peacekeeping force.

In Beirut, Lebanese officials said their troops will not force Hezbollah fighters to disarm⁶. However, the VOA correspondent in Beirut reports Prime Minister Fuad Siniora has pledged that no weapons in south Lebanon will be outside the Lebanese state's control.

In New York, representatives of all nations participating in the peacekeeping operation in Lebanon are to meet at the U.N. Thursday to discuss logistical details of the mission.

Also today, a commercial flight has arrived at the Beirut international airport for the first time since Israel bombed the facility at the start of a month-long war against Hezbollah.

A plane from Lebanon's national carrier, Middle East Airlines, arrived in Beirut from Amman, breaking an Israeli air blockade.

Airport authorities say a Royal Jordanian airliner⁷ was to arrive later in the day.

The Beirut airport - Lebanon's only international airport - was shutdown on July 13, when Israel bombed its runways. Israel also carried out several subsequent raids hitting the runways and fuel tanks.

During the war, Israel allowed planes carrying humanitarian⁸ aid to land at the airport, where only one runway remained operational.

Some information for this report provided by AP, Reuters and AFP

1 deploy   

v.（军）散开成战斗队形，布置，展开

参考例句：

• The infantry began to deploy at dawn.步兵黎明时开始进入战斗位置。
• The president said he had no intention of deploying ground troops.总统称并不打算部署地面部队。

2 deployment   

n. 部署,展开

参考例句：

• He has inquired out the deployment of the enemy troops. 他已查出敌军的兵力部署情况。
• Quality function deployment (QFD) is a widely used customer-driven quality, design and manufacturing management tool. 质量功能展开(quality function deployment,QFD)是一个广泛应用的顾客需求驱动的设计、制造和质量管理工具。

3 deploying   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的现在分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Provides support for developing and deploying distributed, component-based applications. 为开发和部署基于组件的分布式应用程序提供支持。
• Advertisement, publishing, repair, and install-on-demand are all available when deploying your application. 在部署应用程序时提供公布、发布、修复和即需即装功能。

4 contingent   

adj.视条件而定的；n.一组，代表团，分遣队

参考例句：

• The contingent marched in the direction of the Western Hills.队伍朝西山的方向前进。
• Whether or not we arrive on time is contingent on the weather.我们是否按时到达要视天气情况而定。

5 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

6 disarm   

v.解除武装，回复平常的编制，缓和

参考例句：

• The world has waited 12 years for Iraq to disarm. 全世界等待伊拉克解除武装已有12年之久。
• He has rejected every peaceful opportunity offered to him to disarm.他已经拒绝了所有能和平缴械的机会。

7 airliner   

n.客机，班机

参考例句：

• The pilot landed the airliner safely.驾驶员使客机安全着陆。
• The passengers were shepherded across the tarmac to the airliner.旅客们被引导走过跑道去上飞机。

8 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。